Improved curtain-fixture



UNTTE@ STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDVARD M. J UDD, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO HUBERT L.JUDD, OF SAME PLACE.

HVIPROVED CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 40,3l, dated October20, 1863.

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. JUnD, of New Britain, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, havein vented, made, and applied touse a certain new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures5 and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof my said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making part of this specification, wherein- Figurel is a sectional planof the end of the curtain-roller and of the bracket, and Fig. 2

is an end view of the pin on which the tape is wound as the shade orcurtain is drawn down.

Similar letters denote the same parts.

Curtain-ixtures have heretofore been made with a pin cast upon themetallic end piece of the roller, and in this pin a hole has been boredto receive the end of a tape by which the curtain can be rolled up, andwhich tape is wound upon said pin in the act of drawing down thecurtain.

The nature of my said invention consists in a pin in which a slot ormortise is cast, and which pin passes into the end of the roller andholds on the metal end piece. By this means cost of drilling is avoided,and a much better hole isformed for the introduction of the tape, themetallic end of the roller is held on without requiring separate nails,and the pin itself is much stronger and more secure in consequence ofentering the roller.

In thedrawings, a is the roller receiving the curtain b. Ac is themetallic end of the roller, in the center of which is a hole to pass thepin d, that forms the journal for the roller and revolves in a socket inthe bracket e. This pin d has a mortise, l, cast through it, into whichthe tape or cordf is entered and fastened by a knotor otherwise, and 2is a shoulder on said pin, which, taking the metallic end c, holds thesame firmly to the roller. The end of the pin d that enters the rollershould be tapering, so as to drive in; and one or two screw-threads maybe formed around said pin, either to aid in holding the same firmly inthe roller or to allow the pin to be screwed in instead of being drivenin.

My device is simple, cheap, and easily applied, and overcomesdifficulties heretofore experienced with curtain-fixtures of thisgeneral character.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is a The pin d,formed with the mortise l, for receiving the tape, and with the shoulder2 for securing the metallic end c to the roller a, as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set myv signature this 5th day ofSeptember, 1863. E. M. JUDD. Witnesses:

S. E. CAsE, H. L. J UDD.

